Printer's name from STC

A reissue of the 1609 edition of 'The faerie queene', with a cancel title-page dated 1611, serving as a collective titlepage for the author's works

In this issue of the 'Faerie queen', stanza 1 on sig. B3r begins "Youg knight," and the catchword on R3r is "She". The colophon is dated 1609

'The second part of The faerie queene' has a separate titlepage dated 1609

Signatures: [pi] A-Z Aa-Hh Ii (-Ii4, blank?)

Issued with multiple other texts by Spenser

IU copy misbound; preliminary leaves A2-A5 of The Shepheards calendar (preface to Gabriel Harvey) bound bewtween leaves A1 and A2 of The faerie queen

Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "E. libris Silvanus P Thompson Anno 1890."

Binder's stamp on front fold-down: "Bound by Riviere & Son"

With: A letter of the avthors ... 1611; The shepheards calender ... 1611 and Colin Clovts come home againe ... 1611

ESTC

Johnson, F.R. Crit. bib. of the works of Edmund Spenser

STC (2nd ed.)

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